Childhood Lead Poisoning

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Lead Poisoning - Newly Identified Children (ages 0 - <18y) with Blood Lead Levels ≥ 10 µg/dL* by United Hospital Fund Neighborhood
0-18, Numbers 0-18, Rates 6m-6y, Numbers 6m-6y, Rates
Neighborhood Borough CY2001
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL
CY2005
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL

Percent Change
CY01 to CY05
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL

New York City total NYC 14.5 8.2 -43.5%
Bronx Bronx 12.1 7.4 -39.1%
Brooklyn Brooklyn 18.1 9.3 -48.6%
Manhattan Manhattan 14.2 7.9 -44.4%
Queens Queens 12.7 7.9 -37.6%
Staten Island Staten Island 9.3 5.8 -37.7%
Crotona - Tremont (Central Bronx) Bronx 12.2 9.2 -25.0%
Fordham - Bronx Park Bronx 13.3 8.1 -39.1%
High Bridge - Morrisania Bronx 13.2 7.9 -39.9%
Hunts Point - Mott Haven Bronx 11.5 6.8 -40.6%
Kingsbridge - Riverdale Bronx 8.7 8.3 -4.1%
Northeast Bronx Bronx 11.2 5.6 -49.8%
Pelham - Throgs Neck (Southeast Bronx) Bronx 13.6 6.3 -53.5%
Bedford Stuyvesant - Crown Heights (Central Brooklyn) Brooklyn 19.7 8.5 -57.1%
Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge (Southwest Brooklyn) Brooklyn 12.1 7.9 -34.6%
Borough Park Brooklyn 20.3 10.7 -47.5%
Canarsie - Flatlands Brooklyn 9.9 5.1 -48.3%
Coney Island - Sheepshead Bay (Southern Brooklyn) Brooklyn 17.0 8.0 -52.9%
Downtown - Brooklyn Heights - Park Slope (Northwest Brooklyn) Brooklyn 20.8 10.5 -49.3%
East Flatbush - Flatbush Brooklyn 21.5 11.8 -45.1%
East New York Brooklyn 17.1 9.2 -46.0%
Greenpoint Brooklyn 20.1 15.6 -22.5%
Sunset Park Brooklyn 20.6 8.3 -59.6%
Williamsburg - Bushwick Brooklyn 20.6 9.9 -51.8%
Central Harlem - Morningside Heights Manhattan 17.5 9.3 -47.2%
Chelsea - Clinton Manhattan 29.7 8.4 -71.7%
East Harlem Manhattan 14.2 9.3 -34.9%
Gramercy Park - Murray Hill Manhattan 17.5 11.3 -35.4%
Greenwich Village - Soho Manhattan 51.7 17.9 -65.3%
Lower Manhattan** Manhattan 16.5 3.1 -81.1%
Union Square - Lower East Side Manhattan 23.4 9.4 -59.9%
Upper East Side** Manhattan 9.4 3.7 -60.2%
Upper West Side Manhattan 15.2 6.2 -59.3%
Washington Heights - Inwood Manhattan 12.4 8.1 -35.0%
Bayside - Little Neck (Northeast Queens)** Queens 5.3 1.4 -74.5%
Flushing - Clearview (North Queens) Queens 6.4 7.5 16.5%
Fresh Meadows (Central Queens)** Queens 8.7 3.6 -58.1%
Jamaica Queens 13.5 8.1 -40.4%
Long Island City - Astoria (Northwest Queens) Queens 14.4 8.2 -42.9%
Ridgewood - Forest Hills (West Central Queens) Queens 11.7 5.0 -56.7%
Rockaway Queens 12.7 5.2 -59.2%
Southeast Queens Queens 12.4 5.2 -58.3%
Southwest Queens Queens 15.3 10.0 -35.0%
West Queens Queens 15.3 11.4 -25.7%
Port Richmond Staten Island 17.4 13.2 -24.2%
South Beach - Tottenville (South Shore)** Staten Island 2.4 2.3 -4.4%
Stapleton - St. George Staten Island 17.6 7.7 -56.1%
Willowbrook (Mid-Island)** Staten Island 3.9 1.1 -72.8%

*Test types:  venous, capillary, unspecified.
**Caution should be used in interpreting rates and changes for these neighborhoods due to small numbers of identified cases (<20 children) in at least one year presented.

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